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Op-Art piece by Thomas E Mann, Norman J Ornstein and Charlie Ross highlights six Congressional Democrats who were casualties of midterm elections; suggests that these six rank among most talented and conscientious lawmakers in Congress, and that...

April 10, 2008, Thursday

To the Editor: I strongly disagree with your editorial about H. R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (''Still Not Fixing the Army Corps,'' editorial, March 19). The bill includes reforms similar to those advocated by Senators...

The federal agency that oversees railroad safety says it is instituting new procedures to identify railroads that fail to report fatal grade-crossing accidents promptly, as required by federal regulations. In addition, three Democratic members of...

A House subcommittee approved a bill today to help economically struggling airlines, but the effort may be too late to become law this year as Congress nears the end of its session and the Senate has not yet acted on a similar bill. The panel,...

Even as the Transportation Department races to install million-dollar machines in airports to screen checked baggage, most of the devices are operated less than two hours a day, and some hardly screen any bags at all, two congressmen said today. ...